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Black humour/ dark humour um.. not so cheesy but funny

some of them-

An idiot Abroad
The Office
Phonejacker
Facejacker
Night at the Apollo

when I was young, American shows were all the range.

I used to watch rawhide, little house on the prairie, happy days, The Waltons, Cosbys, Sesame Street, friends, and I still watch older sitcoms but I guess rules of engagement is quirky as well as desperate housewives when its not dark humour all the time.

now they have just t.v progs and bio documentaries, wheres all the slapstick and good humour?

My local PBS had shown Rising Damp maybe twenty or twenty five years ago. I wish they'd bring it back. Leonard Rossiter was terrific as was Frances de la Tour.

That reminds me, Frances de la Tour was also in a miniseries, Flickers, along with Bob Hoskins, which PBS's Masterpiece Theater showed once, more than twenty years ago now. I would like to see that one again also. It was a comedy drama about the rise of the silent movies business in Britain.

And Leonard Rossiter in Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. PBS aired the remake a few years back, but it just wasn't the same. I remember watching the original and laughing so hard I couldn't get my breath.

"I didn't get where I am today .... without laughing uncontrollably at the Fall and Rise Of Reginald Perrin and its catchphrases.
Great ! Super ! Comedy City Alabama,man "

Non-Brit here. Some favorites:

TV: Brass Eye, The Day Today, 15 Storeys High, Snuff Box, The Armando Iannucci Shows, Monty Python
Radio: Blue Jam, On the Hour
Comedians: Stewart Lee, Simon Munnery

Graham Norton I sometimes watch depending on who is on there, but it strikes me that they are always comfortable if not always in grahams company unlike j.l now, old rosy has lost the shows viewers with that scandal with Andrew Sachs, which is a shame.
Fancy comparing yourself to Russell Brand, the man is bi-polar and didn't have a clue what he was getting involved with,(seen him in stand up) I mean Fawlty Towers was a smash in its day I loved it, and making vile jokes about the grand-daughter like that was just silly and unprofessional, even for comedy.

The Green Green Grass
Room 101
Have I got a Bit more news for you
Mr Bean
Fawlty Towers
Only Fools and Horses
Friday Night Dinner
Blind Date (which was a hilarious chat dating show )
Are you being Served?
Some mothers do 'Ave' em
On the buses

Inbetweeners

Satellite City - It was on youtube, set in Wales

also

High Hopes

and

Barry Welsh (Fishguard calling. . . . . . . . . lol, Old Mr Pugh)

Am finding the awful word 'Brit', occuring horribly frequently - "hey yankees" the word is 'British' hahahaha

found this -

http://www.city-data.com/forum/united-k ... -born.html

I likeBrittish Humour.

Some of my favourites are.

Are you being served:
Mind your language:
On the Buses:
Some Mothers do ave em:
Keeping Up appearances:
Mr Bean:

Can you imagine if Mr Bean, Frank spencer and Steve urkell from family matters got together wouldn't it be hilarious.

I like Red Dwarf.
My mum likes Allo Allo.

I think you mean the Germans.

Anyway, there was this series, in the 80s or maybe the 90s?, all I can remember is this sketch showing a typical American Western scene, maybe a Wagon train, and there is this cowboy playing the guitar whilst he is riding his horse, what made it rather quite amusing was that he was singing a Buddy Holly song, "Everyday".

Does anybody remember what this show was called?

Fawlty Towers makes me laugh so hard I cry. My favorite scene is the one where he tries to beat his car up (SO ME!)

This very well could be my favorite sketch of all time:

Chow Mein At Airport Customs:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1d0mh ... inaman_fun

Chow Mein: I got a fright

McGee: You got a fright? How did you get a fright?

Chow Mein: With a fright ticket! *holds up flight ticket*

If anyone needs to understand the British sense of humour, well, be British. But maybe read Watching the English, a book which looks at the English as a different species. The fact about humour that it brings forward, is that slight humour is universal in all activities. A lot of the humour is self-deprecating.